O Rourke: 154 books

Book cover of Give War a Chance

Give War a Chance

Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer

by P. J. O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007

The #1 New York Times bestseller from “one of America’s most hilarious and provocative writers . . . a volatile brew of one-liners and vitriol” (Time). Renowned for his cranky conservative humor, P. J. O’Rourke runs hilariously amok in this book, tackling the death of communism; his...
Book cover of Thrown Under the Omnibus
by P. J. O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015

An essential collection of career-spanning writings by the political satirist and #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Parliament of Whores. From his early pieces for the National Lampoon, through his classic reporting as Rolling Stone’s International Affairs editor in the 1980s and...
Book cover of Age and Guile

Age and Guile

Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut

by P. J. O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007

The political humorist shares his transformation from dirty hippie to conservative middle-aged grouch: “An incorrigible comic gift” (The New York Times Book Review). The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Give War a Chance was at one time a raving pinko, with scars on his formerly...
Book cover of Driving Like Crazy

Driving Like Crazy

Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-Bending: Celebrating America the Way It's Supposed to Be—With an Oil Well in Every Backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in Every Carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn

by P. J. O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010

The #1 New York Times–bestselling humorist’s tribute to car travel is “a ride worth taking, even for readers who don’t know an oil pan from a frying pan” (The Washington Times). From a veteran of both Car and Driver and National Lampoon magazines, this hilarious book chronicles the...
Book cover of The Baby Boom

The Baby Boom

How It Got That Way, And It Wasn't My Fault, And I'll Never Do It Again

by P. J. O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

The New York Times–bestselling author looks at the sixties generation, and how he and his seventy-five million accomplices made America what it is today. A onetime editor-in-chief of National Lampoon who also spent years reporting for Rolling Stone and The Atlantic Monthly, P. J. O’Rourke...
Book cover of The Bachelor Home Companion

The Bachelor Home Companion

A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig

by P. J. O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007

From “the funniest writer in America,” a book about cooking and cleaning for people who don’t know how to do those things and aren’t about to learn (The Wall Street Journal). In addition to debunking popular myths about bachelors (they are in fact not creatures known to hang around...
Book cover of Don't Vote

Don't Vote

It Just Encourages the Bastards

by P. J. O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010

“[A] merciless but often humorous look at the shortcomings of American politics” by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Parliament of Whores (Booklist). Don’t Vote: It Just Encourages the Bastards is a brilliant, disturbing, hilarious, and sobering look at why politics and politicians...
Book cover of Sun in Days: Poems
by Meghan O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017

Named a Best Poetry Book of 2017 by the New York Times Book Review, Sun in Days is “O’Rourke’s most ravishing and brilliant collection yet” (Cathy Park Hong). From acclaimed poet and critic Meghan O’Rourke comes a powerful collection about the frailty of the body, the longing for...
Book cover of The Truth About Winning at Work (Collection)
by Martha I. Finney, James O'Rourke, William S. Kane
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013

A brand new collection of management and leadership skills for improving business performance   4 authoritative books deliver world-class skills for leading change and improving performance throughout your team and organization!   You’re facing greater challenges than ever before – both...
Book cover of Vampire Seeker
by Tim O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013

250,000 books sold 4000 five star reviews Discover an underground phenomenon Discover Tim O'Rourke Samantha Carter believes a vampire is responsible for the brutal deaths of four women in London and finally she has the chance to catch him. Desperate to prove the killer's identity, she chases...
Book cover of Bound
by Erica O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012

I beat you. Twice. No magic, and I still beat you. And that was when I didn't know what I was doing. I smiled, cold as the winter sky outside. "Imagine what I'm capable of now." Mo Fitzgerald has made her choice: A life in Chicago. A future with Colin. To leave behind the enigmatic...
Book cover of What Happens In The Darkness
by Monica J. O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014

Manhattan died, along with much of the country. Twelve-year-old Janelle lost her family in one horrific night and managed to escape into a no-longer-recognizable city. As she struggles for survival, she comes across something much worse than the decimated landscape, much worse than the enemy soldiers...
Book cover of Just Mary: A Political Memoir From Mary O'Rourke
by Mary O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012

In this memoir Mary O' Rourke writes, with remarkable candidness and humour, of personal and political events; of the many senior political figures with whom she worked, including Charles Haughey and Bertie Ahern; of her life with her beloved husband Enda; of her two dear Brians, both of whom died...
Book cover of The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

A Memoir

by Meghan O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011

"Anguished, beautifully written... The Long Goodbye is an elegiac depiction of drama as old as life." -- The New York Times Book Review **From one of America's foremost young literary voices, a transcendent portrait of the unbearable anguish of grief and the enduring power of familial...
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